Cow-tail holder



(No Model.) 7

J. O. GADY.

00W TAIL HOLDER.

No. 350,114. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

Mp1s i I ovefil o 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH (l. (lADY, OF NORTHFIELD, VERMONT.

COW-TAIL HOLDER.

.SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,114, dated October 5, 1886.

Application tiled .1 uly l), 1830'. Serial No. 208,477. (No model.)

.To [LZZ whom it may concern; I

Be it known that I, .losErH O. (JADY, of Northfield, in the county or \Vashington and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Cmv-Tail Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to that class 01' devices commonly known as cow-tail holders, the object being to provide a simple and cheap device adapted to clamp the hock and tail of l the cow and prevent a nnoyance to the milker or injury to the cow. To this end it consists in the crmstruction I l t hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

The accompanying drawing, forming part ofthis specification, is a plan view of my invention.

The device eonsistsof a single piece of term per-ed wire coiled nearly midway ol'its length to form the spring A, the ends forming the arms B B, which are, at a suitable distance,

bent to pass or traverse each other, and are again bent to form the long and short curved l extensions 13* B as illustrated in the drawing. I

The operation ot. the device is very simple. The milker takesthe holder in his or her hand, (preferably the let't,) and securing the tail within the curved extension B the arms B B are pressed together, separating the curved extensions B B, which are passed about the sions.

, Having fully described my invention and its operation, what I claim, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, is

A, cow-tail holder consisting of a single piece of tempered wire coiled to form the spring A r and arms B B, which arms are bent to pass or traverse each other and again bent to form the curved extensions B scribed.

JOSEPH L. ()ADY. \V i t nesses:

S. W. STEELE, J. l). SNOW.

.3, substantially as de- 

